Namely API
Namely's public REST API is documented at developers.namely.com and scoped to each customer's tenant subdomain. Auth is OAuth 2.0 or personal access tokens, with apps registered per customer. Official SDKs are thin and sandbox tenants come from account teams, not self-service.
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Namely scores A+ on the API Report Card. Namely's public REST API is documented at developers.namely.com and scoped to each customer's tenant subdomain. Auth is OAuth 2.0 or personal access tokens, with apps registered per customer. Official SDKs are thin and sandbox tenants come from account teams, not self-service.
Namely has a workable official integration path. Most engineering teams can build against it directly. Open API: self-serve, documented, with SDKs
Namely is an all-in-one Human Capital Management (HCM) platform for mid-sized businesses.
Vertical: Enterprise / HR / ERP (Mid-Market HCM). Maintaining the system-of-record employee profile (PII, comp, job history, documents, custom fields). Running U.S. payroll with tax filing and W-2/1099 generation.
Moderate within mid-market HCM. Namely reports 1,000+ clients and ~500+ employees, with cumulative funding north of $157M (Sequoia, GGV, others) before the 2022 Vensure/PrismHR merger.
Employee PII (full name, SSN, DOB, home address, personal email/phone, emergency contacts, bank/routing for direct deposit). Compensation history (base salary, bonus, equity, pay change records, pay group).
Founded in 2012 (~14 years old as of 2026). Cloud-native from inception with a distinctive social-feed UI that was ahead of its time, iOS/Android apps, and a Stoplight-powered developer portal.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.